“The underlying claims in the suits are based on totally unreliable data, shoddy methodology, and basically the claims are garbage,” said Ben Berwick, a lawyer at the non-profit group Protect Democracy. “They are also, in this case, brought by election deniers, in an attempt to spread a false narrative to mislead the public and undermine confidence in elections.
Inside the Republican legal blitz to sow election doubt: ‘The claims are garbage’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/16/republican-litigation-election
8 Comments
JustZ@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Again. The claims are garbage, again.
geekwithsoul@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
I mean, at least they're consistent about something! :)
grue@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
FTFY
This is not "just" disinformation for the purpose of voter suppression. This is laying the groundwork for the 2024 coup.
geekwithsoul@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
They like to try and dress it up a bit, but yeah…
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 1y
No matter how garbage the claims are they will continue to do damage and get people hurt. I have a very hard time believing in any form of free speech where this kind of speech is protected.
geekwithsoul@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
Yeah, it really seems that there needs to be some sort of consequences for this. I saw someone referring to it as "lawfare" for the first time, and I think that's rather apt. This is attempting to disingenuously commit violence on the infrastructure of society.
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
I'm so surprised
MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
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